The notion of just a developer is going to broaden out to what's called a builder; I think everyone is going to be a builder, and software is going to be a very democratized thing.

The best engineers today are not just coders; they are also great product thinkers, business strategists, and designers, as the focus shifts from merely building to understanding what to build that adds value.

We're at a moment of platform shift, where developers can start seeing how to build applications in a generalized way.

The role of an engineer is shifting from being a coder to becoming an architect, focusing more on high-level design and problem-solving rather than routine implementation.

The future of product development will see more people becoming full stack, allowing designers to ship fully baked products and product managers to prototype and ship to production.

As software becomes easier to build, design becomes more important, leading to an increase in the number of designers hired.

The future of software development will involve more people, including those in non-technical roles, building their own software tools, but they will still need to make critical decisions about functionality and metrics.

The future of product development will see fewer engineers involved in UI work, with designers and PMs leading the charge in crafting user experiences.

I preferred to recruit builders—people who wanted to be known for what they created rather than what they said, and who were curious about many things. I started as a cartoonist before becoming an engineer, which attracted many early team members who were outsiders to technology.